When I was about four years old, I had a morbid fear of the electrical outlets. I believed that they skittered around on the walls like cockroaches after the lights went out, and if they got too close they would try to tie up unsuspecting people in their electrical cords.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- My music teacher once said that music in an electrical piano was made by little tiny men that lived inside it.Anon
- I used to think that cockroaches would visit your house if you didn't brush your teeth.Anon
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I believed God lived in a specific crack in one of the walls of my church — Blake
- I once believed that the walls and ceilings were completely jam packed with plumbing and wiring.— David